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O general Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1º Baronete, GCB (21 de agosto de 1754 – 15 de janeiro de 1833) foi um proeminente soldado e político britânico. [ 1 ] Ele veio a notoriedade por seu serviço militar durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos , onde comandou vários grupamentos de cavalaria do exército britânico e chamou a atenção por suas habilidades de liderança em batalha.
Banastre Tarleton was born into a middle class family in Liverpool, England. Tarleton attended Oxford and briefly studied law at the Middle Temple before his mother purchased him a cornet's commission in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He participated in the first British attack on Charleston in 1776 and eventually transferred to the 16th Light Dragoons.
3 de oct. de 2018 · Banastre Tarleton was born in Liverpool in 1754. The third child of a well-to-do merchant, he was educated at Middle Temple in London and University College Oxford, to prepare him for a career in law. The Tarleton family wealth was closely connected to British North America. His grandfather had been a shipowner and slave trader, while his ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · The Battle of Waxhaws (29 May 1780) was a small engagement during the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) that nevertheless had a significant psychological impact on the Patriots. During the battle, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his infamous British Legion allegedly slaughtered Patriot soldiers who were trying to ...
Banastre Tarleton is living proof that history is more interesting, and much more entertaining, than fiction. His life could have been written by George McDonald Fraser with out-takes to spare. Unfortunately, Tarleton's spirited existence has gone unnoticed for two significant reasons.
British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton pushed up the Enoree River with Major John Money’s 63 rd Regiment of Foot and his Legion hot on the trail of Patriot Brigadier General Thomas Sumter's militia. Tarleton learned that Sumter’s army was only two hours ahead of him at Blackstock’s farm.
8 de feb. de 2022 · Banastre Tarleton’s First Commanding Raid. February 8, 2022 Armies, Battles, British, Colonial Harry Schenawolf. Artwork by William Ranney, 1845. Pompous, mercifulness, void of empathy, this British cavalryman’s ambitious impulses and self-glorifying ego demanded that all under his command follow his lead in a blood fest carved throughout ...
